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About Origin Capital
Origin Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Singapore, Singapore. As of Nov 2024, Origin Capital has invested in 53 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Blockchain Technology to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Heurist AI Overall, Origin Capital portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Chainlink. A lot of funds co-invest with Origin Capital, with names like DFG sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Origin Capital has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Origin Capital's List of Top Investments
Origin Capital has a portfolio of 53 companies. Their most notable investments are in Crust and Bilaxy.Their portfolio spans across United States, Singapore, China and 11 more locations. They have invested in Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech and 12 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Origin Capital:1. Terra
Blockchain network for payments. It is an open-source blockchain payment platform for an algorithmic stablecoin, which are cryptocurrencies that automatically track the price of currencies or other assets. The platform enables users to spend, save, trade, or exchange Terra stablecoins.
Key facts about Terra
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $125M
- Employee Count: 91 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Hack VC, Orthogonal Thinker and 42 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 26, 2021, $*****
2. Chainlink
Decentralized Oracle network to support smart contracts. It provides inputs and outputs of data for smart contracts on a blockchain. Smart contracts can connect with API and datasets. It also facilitates the smart contract to send payments to bank accounts and payment networks.
Key facts about Chainlink
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Cayman Islands
- Stage: Acquired
- Investors: 2020 Ventures, Next Play Ventures and 41 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Sep 18, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Decentraland
NFT-based platform for virtual world games. The system allows an individual to create content on their "plots' of land in the virtual world. Individuals are rewarded on basis of the number of interactions users have with that particular plot of land. Users can choose to charge for access to their plots, create custom experiences or pay for access to plots owned by other users. The token will be created on Ethereum's blockchain.
Key facts about Decentraland
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $25M
- Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: 27th Street Capital, Orthogonal Thinker and 35 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 03, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Gnosis
Gnosis offers multiple financial services for cryptocurrencies. It offers solutions to create digital tokens to use as a medium of exchange. Provides a decentralized platform for buying & selling assets and an ethereum-based multi-signature wallet solution for storing crypto assets. Also, offers mentoring, funding & marketing services to assist in developing products.
Key facts about Gnosis
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $500K
- Employee Count: 94 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Consensys Labs, NGC and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 23, 2019, $*****
5. Kadena
Kadena provides a decentralized blockchain network for enterprises. It offers Chainweb for pubic blockchain, Kuro for private blockchain, Pact for smart contracts-based applications, and more. It performs live network expansion & facilitates the blockchain's ability to scale in production. It also provides military-grade security features such as formal verifications.
Key facts about Kadena
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $7.75M
- Investors: CoinFund, Breyer Labs and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Nov 22, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Origin Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Origin Capital has invested in 53 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Heurist AI.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Origin Capital's Investments by Stage
Origin Capital has made 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.47M and 1 investment in Series A stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 8 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Origin Capital's Investments by Sector
Origin Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Enterprise Applications and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 51 Tech companies, 49 Blockchain companies, 33 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 28 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 8 |
High Tech | 6 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
FinTech | 3 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Origin Capital's Investments by Geography
Origin Capital has made most investments in United Kingdom (3), followed by China where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 3 |
China | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Cayman Islands | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Origin Capital's recent investments
Origin Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Origin Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 19, 2024 | United States | Seed | 9663 | [+9] | |
Feb 15, 2023 | United Kingdom | Seed | 7416 | ||
Sep 27, 2021 | United Kingdom | Seed | 3329 | [+11] | |
Sep 21, 2021 | Canada | Seed | 4100 | [+1] | |
Aug 05, 2021 | Cayman Islands | Seed | 3481 | [+12] |
Acquired companies in Origin Capital's Portfolio
1 company from Origin Capital's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Chainlink in Sep 2021 by Hyphen for $*****.Here are Origin Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 12, 2021 | - | - | 3574 |
Team profile of Origin Capital
Origin Capital has a team of 1 member located in Singapore. Origin Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Origin Capital
Over the past 7 years, 88 investors have co-invested in Origin Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Origin Capital: 74 investors entered a company along with Origin Capital. These include investors like DFG (3 companies).
- Invested after Origin Capital: A total of 14 investors have invested in Origin Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Blockchain Capital (1 company), Stratos Technologies (1 company) and Alameda Research (1 company).
Recent News related to Origin Capital
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Decentralized AI cloud service Heurist completes $2 million in financing, with Amber Group and others participatingCoinTime•Nov 19, 2024•Heurist AI, Amber Group, Contango, Manifold and 8 others
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Nigerian Energy tech company, Beacon Power Services, closes $2.7m seed roundInnovation-village•Aug 05, 2022•Beacon Power Services, Seedstars Africa Ventures, Persistent, Factor[e] Ventures and 4 others
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Fuel Labs Announces $1.5 Million of Support Led by CoinFundBusiness Wire•Sep 21, 2021•Fuel Labs, CoinFund, Fenbushicapital, Origin Capital
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Echion Technologies, Cambridge, UK, is pleased to announce the completion of a £10 million Series A funding roundPR Newswire•Aug 25, 2021•Echion Technologies, CBMM, BGF, University of Cambridge and 2 others
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Coin98 Raises $11.25M in Strategic DeFi Funding Round Led by Hashed and Spartan GroupCoinspeaker•Jul 21, 2021•Ninety Eight, Spartan Group, Hashed, Parafi Capital and 42 others
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Origin Capital co-leads £2.1m investment in platform biotech SomaserveUKBAA•Apr 15, 2021•Somaserve, Origin Capital, Abcam, o2h group
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Secureframe Raises $18M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Mar 20, 2021•Secureframe, Gradient Ventures, Base10 Partners, BoxGroup and 6 others
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Decentralized Fintech Company Kira Secures $2.2 Million Through Latest Investment Round Led By BTC12 CapitalCrowdfund Insider•Aug 19, 2020•BTC12 Capital, Kira Core, NGC, Origin Capital and 4 others
